ABSTRAKFokus penelitian ini adalah interpretasi pegawai negeri sipil muda mantan pegawai swasta,terhadap budaya kerja organisasi birokrasi yang ditunjukkan melalui performa komunikasianggota organisasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan perspektif interpretif, berdasar pada TeoriBudaya Organisasi dari Pacanowsky dan O’Donnel-Trujillo. Metode penelitian etnografidigunakan dengan observasi partisipatori, focus group discussion dan wawancara mendalam.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan performa komunikasi organisasi birokrasi memiliki ciri yangbelum sepenuhnya terbuka, berorientasi pada hubungan baik antaranggota dan minimnyafungsi kontrol pimpinan. Pengalaman dan pengamatan merupakan media enkulturasi budayaorganisasi yang paling efektif bagi anggota baru. Munculnya nterpretasi terhadap budayaorganisasi turut ditentukan oleh kerangka pengalaman kerja sebelumnya.

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ABSTRACTFocus of the study is about the interpretation of young civil servant ex-private sectoremployee towards bureaucratic organization’s work culture which is showed throughcommunicative performance from the members. This research used interpretive perspective,based on Organizational Culture Theory from Pacanowsky and O’Donnel-Trujillo. Thisresearch used ethnography method, and data collection was conducted with participativeobservation, focus group discussion and in-depth interview. Result of this study indicates thatorganizational culture was formed by the interpretation about communicative performancefrom organization members , not by management functions to indoctrinate some ideal values.Communiative performance was constructed by the structure of the organizations,relationship between the members, and leadership. Meanwhile, the new members’interpretation about organizational culture was affected by the field of work experience.